Encephalartos cupidus R.A.Dyer belongs to the Zamiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

No collection number

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

cupidus

Authorship

R.A.Dyer

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 5.3

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Critically Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

5.2

Global rank

#45 of 1,090

Top 100 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 5 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →